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What Rosie Told the 
Tailor 

A Farce in One Act 



By 

EDITH J. BROOMHALL 

Author of '* Converting Bruce,'" etc. 



NOTICE 



The professional stage rights in this play are reserved by the 
author, and all persons wishing to produce it publicly and for 
profit should apply for permission to her in care of the publishers. 
Amateurs may produce it without permission. 



BOSTON 

WALTER H. BAKER & CO. 

1919 



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What Rosie Told the Tailor 



CHARACTERS 



Dick Manners, star pitcher of the Weston College ball team. 

Bob Somers, Dick's chum and roommate. 

" RosiE," a young gentlejnan of color who "tidies up " fioiv and 

then for Dick. 
" Ole " Perry, also a Weston man, with an auto, a check-book, 

and a good, kind heart. 
Jimmie, a 77iessenger boy. 
Mr. Snippers, a tailor. 

Mr. William Bailey, Dick's rich uncle, who hates girls. 
Polly Primrose, Bob's best girl. 
Molly Martin, Dick' s best girl. 
Aunt Sally, aunt of the two girls. 

{The three female roles may be played by men.') 



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Copyright, 1919, by Walter H. Baker & Co. 

ot> ko 1919 



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What Rosie Told the Tailor 



SCENE. — A college hoy's room, with plenty of pennants, 
trophies, tennis rackets, baseball bats, mandolins and 
guitars around. Big couch. Big armchairs. Table, 
with a few books. 

Dick {discovered lounging in chair, apparently read- 
ing). 

" In the spring the young man's fancy 
Lightly turns to thoughts of love." 

" Lightly " ! Shucks ! I'll bet the chap that wrote that 
never had to solve the vexed question of how to entertain 
his best girl for a whole week on next door to nothing. 
(Drazvs hand fid of small change from his pocket. 
Counts it.) Gee whiz! Two dollars and thirty-five 
cents ! Not enough for one evening. Hi, Bob ! 

Bob (in next room). What? 

Dick. Come here ! 

Bob (enters, putting on collar as he comes). What's 
the row? 

Dick. How much ready cash have you? 

Bob (looking at coins that Dick has spread out on 
table). Well, I'm no such bloated millionaire as you, my 
son. Ouch ! Plague take this collar button ! There ! 
(Collar is on.) Behold! (Produces half a dozen coins; 
lays them beside Dick's money.) Two perfectly good 
fifty-cent pieces, plus three equally good dimes, one nickel 
and thr^e beautiful copper medallions of Lincoln. Grand 
total, one dollar and thirty-eight cents, coin of the re- 
public. 

Dick. Two dollars and thirty-five cents plus one 



4 WHAT ROSIE TOLD THE TAILOR 

dollar and thirty-eight cents equals three dollars and 
seventy-three cents. That won't go far with her. 

Bob. It certainly won't. 

Dick. I mean Molly. 

Bob. And I mean Polly. 

Dick. Honest, Bob, is that all you have? 

Bob. Every cent. And you ? 

Dick. Same here. 

Bob. And the girls coming this afternoon. 

Dick. Problem : How to raise fifty dollars within an 
hour when one's credit is exhausted. 

Bob. Exhausted ! Shucks ! Mine died of exhaustion 
ages ago. Got anything left to hock? 

Dick. Not a thing. 

Bob. Nor I. 

Dick. What's to be did? 

Bob. What the old song said, I guess. " Fear not but 
trust in Providence." 

Dick. You are an optimistic soul, Robert, and Provi- 
dence is a rare provider, but not quite close enough for an 
emergency call. Em going to try Ole once more. 

{He rings a hell.) 
Enter Rosie. 

RosiE {grinning broadly). Morning, Mistah Mannahs, 
morning, Mistah Summahs. That's a mighty becomin' 
new spring suit you got on, Mistah Mannahs. 

Dick {gravely). Thank you, Rosie. A compliment 
from a gentleman of your well-known good taste is a 
compliment indeed. Anybody to see me this niorning? 

RosiE. Yessir. Mr. Snipper, the tailor, was here. 

Dick. What did he want ? 

RosiE {grinning) . He said the suit or the money, sir. 

Bob. And what interesting yarn did you tell him this 
time, Rosie? 

RosiE. Jes' told him Mr. Mannahs got the suit to go 
to his rich uncle's weddin', and when he came back he'd 
have money enough to buy all the suits in his shop. 

Dick. Hooray for you, Rosie ! And did he bite? 

RosiE. He asked me was it your uncle Mr. Bailey, and 



WHAT ROSIE TOLD THE TAILOR 5 

I says yes, and he was coming here on his honeymoon to 
see you pitch to-morrow's game. 

Dick. Ha ! Ha ! Uncle Billy in the role of blushing 
bridegroom. Some picture, that ! 

Bob. Rosie, when it comes to real romantic composi-' 
tion, you have Kipling and Richard Harding Davis 
backed off the stage, believe me ! 

Dick. Well, zvhen my rich uncle appears you shall be 
rewarded. Meantime, go and ask Mr. Percy if he'll come 
here a moment. On a matter closely affecting to-mor- 
row's game, tell him. 

RosiE. Yessir. (Exit. Sticks his head in door 
again.) Will I tell him to bring his check-book? 

Bob. Well, you might suggest it. Diplomatically, you 
know. 

RosiE. Trust me, sir. [Exit. 

Bob. Clever kid, that. 

(Knock; enter Jimmie Jones.) 

Jim M IE. Two yeller billy-doos for Mr. Manners. 

Dick. Two ? 

JiMMiE. Yep. Sign here, please. (Dick .9?^;j.?) 

Bob. No fair bringing him two and me none, Jimmie. 
That's showing partiality. 

Jimmie (grinning). Better see what's in 'em before 
you shout. 

Dick (reading one telegram). Heavings! Listen to 
this. " Caught earlier train. Arrive ten-thirty. Molly.'* 

Bob. Ten-thirty! (Looks at watch.) Just half an 
hour away ! Phew ! 

Dick (opens second message. Reads). Good Lord! 
And now listen to this. (Reads.) "Shall arrive in 
Western at lo: 30. Meet me. William Bailey." ^ 

Bob. Uncle Billy! (Falls limply into armchair.) 

Dick. Uncle Billy ! 

(Falls limply into another armchair.) 

Jimmie. Any answer? 

Bob (fires sofa pillow at him). No ! Get out of here, 
you trouble-bringer I 



b WHAT ROSIE TOLD THE TAILOR 

(JiLiMiE dodges pillozv and exits.) 

Dick. Well ! Well ! And Uncle Billy hates girls ! 

Bob. Well? 

Dick. This is no w^//. This is the bottomless pit! 

Enter " Ole." 

Ole {cheerily). 'Lo, fellows ! Howdy? Rosie fairly 
dragged me over here. Said it was a matter of life and 
death. 

Dick {gloomily). Worsfe than that now, my son. 
Things have happened since Rosie went away. 

Ole. Anything I can help in 

Dick. Yep. Lend me a hundred dollars and kidnap 
an uncle for me and I'll be your friend for life. 

Ole. Kidnap an uncle? Sounds exciting. Elucidate. 

Dick. Aw, that's just a joke. 

Bob {excitedly). Not a bit of it ! Dick, that's a happy 
hunch, if ever there was one. See here, Ole. Dick's girl 
is coming to see the game to-morrow. They've counted 
on it all year. He's worried to death because he's dead 
broke and he's afraid he won't be able to show her a good 
time. Now you know that's going to affect his work to- 
morrow, and you know how much depends on this game. 

{Hope fid pause.) 

Ole. You may bet your bottomest dollar I do. I've 
got a lot of money on Dick. 

Bob. So have lots of others. Well, then, you'll see 
Dick through with a loan, won't you? 

Ole. Sure, Dick's stood by me lots of times. 

(Dick leans across table and silently holds out his 
hand. Ole grasps it.) 

Bob {slapping him joyfully on back). Ole, you're a 
jewel. 

Ole. Granted. But where does the kidnapping act 
come in? 

Bob. Well, you see, Dick's Uncle Billy, the old cur- 
mudgeon 



WHAT ROSIE TOLD THE TAILOR 7 

Dick {Interrupting). Oh, don't slander the old boy. 
He's all right in his way. 

Bob. Well, then, Dick's uncle and guardian angel 

Dick. Angel ? Oh, no, that isn't his way ! 

Bob. See here, Dick, quit your butting in, and let me 
finish, will you ? 

Dick {meekly). I wilt. Proceed. 

Bob. Well, Ole, Uncle Billy, who hates girls, has taken 
it into his head to drop in on us to-day. He even arrives 
on the same train as the girls and Aunt Sally. 

Ole. Aunt Sally? 

Bob. Yep. Chaperon, you know. Now, I propose 
that you run us down to the station in your buzz-wagon. 
There we'll lie low till the folks are all off the train — 
there's sure to be a crowd coming in for the game — we 
point out Uncle Billy. You approach him, tell him Dick 
has been detained and has asked you to meet him. You 
get him into the car, take him out somewhere, and lose 
him. 

Ole. Sweet plan ! Lose him how ? 

Bob. Oh, that we'll leave to your own ingenuity. 

Ole. Thanks. And in the meantime you 

Bob. We surreptitiously meet the girls and come 
home. (Dick reaches across the table and fumbles 
among books.) What do you want? 

Dick. Dictionary. If we're going to meet the girls 
that way I want to know how it's done. 

Ole (rising). Well, gentlemen, anything to oblige the 
hero of to-morrow's great game. As to the kidnapping of 
Uncle Billy, having appealed to my ingenuity, I suppose 
it's up to me. What time do they arrive? 

Dick. T6n-thirty. (Looks at zvatch.) Why, it's al- 
most that now. We've got to get a move on. Bob. 

Ole. I'll have the car round in a jiffy. [Exit. 

Dick. There goes a prince of good fellows. 

(Bob ajid Dick tear round looking for hats, canes, etc. 
A motor horn is heard. Enter Rosie.) 

RosiE (grandly). The car is at the door, gentlemen. 
Bob. All right, Rosie. Just tidy up a bit while we're 



8 WHAT ROSIE TOLD THE TAILOR 

gone, will you? We'll be back in a few minutes with 
three ladies — two of 'em pretty as dreams. 

RosiE. Yessir. Trust me, sir. (Exit Bob and Dick. 
RosiE begins to " tidy up." Pitches all sorts of things 
tmder and behind couch and into table drazvers; surveys 
room.) Hum! hum! Gotta have a looking-glass fer 
them two dreams. (Exit. Returns immediately with 
mirror, which he hangs up.) There! (Picks up guitar, 
curls up on couch, sings, " This is the life," picking hap- 
hazard at strings. Knock at door.) Come in! 

(JiMMiE Jones sticks head in.) 

JiMMiE. 'Lo, kid. 

RosiE. 'Lo, yerself. 

JiMMiE. Your bosses gone to the deepo? 

RosiE. Yep. 

JiMMiE (coming in). Let's have a doo-et. 

(He picks up an instrument, and they play, all out of 
tune, singing " This is the life." Voices heard out- 
side. ) 

RosiE. Gee ! Here they come. Beat it, kiddo. 

(Door opens. Enter Bob, Dick, Molly and Polly. 
JiMMiE tries to dodge them. Runs into Molly, who 
falls over him and comes into room head first.) 

Molly. Mercy ! 

Polly. Pleavens ! 

Dick (picking Molly up). Clumsy cub! What's he 
doing here anyway ? Are you hurt ? • 

Molly. No — is my hat on straight ? 

RosiE (7'uns for mirror. Holds it in front of her). 
Here y'are, miss. 

Dick. Hello! Where'd that come from? ^ ' 

RosiE. You told me to get things ready for the ladies, 
sir, and I thought I'd better pervide the essentials first. 

(Dick holds mirror for Molly, who arranges her hair, 
adjusts her hat, powders her nose and primps gener- 



WHAT ROSIE TOLD THE TAILOR 9 

ally. Polly and Bob wander round the roc... 
RosiE returns to a corner.) 

Polly. Oh, isn't this the cutest, darlingest room! 
(Sees a baseball bat in corner. Runs to it.) Ah— is this 
what Dick is going to do things with to-morrow ? 

(Whirls bat over her head, just misses hitting Dick.) 

Dick (dodging). Ouch! Lookout! 

Molly. Dick ! Hold that glass still ! How can I see 
how my back hair looks if you flop around like ^hat? 

Dick (meekly). Yes'm. (Resumes former position.) 

Bob (taking bat from Polly). Give me .that murder- 
ous wepping, and spare Dick's sweet young life until after 
to-morrow. We need him so badly. Hey ! What's the 
matter, Rosie? 

RosiE (who has been opening and shutting the door, 
looking out and then back into the room). Ain't the 
other lady comin', sir? 

Bob. The other lady? Heavens and earth I Auntie! 
Girls, Dick, where's Aunt Sally? 

Dick. Why — why 

Polly. Why, yes. Where is Auntie? 

Molly (pausing, powder puff in her hand). My good 
gracious sakes ! I believe we came off and left her at the 
station ! 

Bob. I thought she was with you and Dick ! 

Dick. And I thought she was with you and Polly. 

Bob. Oh, lor ! Oh, lor I Here's a pretty kettle of fish f 

Polly. Oh, won't she be mad ! 

Molly. She'll march us back home this very day, 
sure's we're born. 

(Motor horn toots madly outside.) 

Dick. Ole! Oh, mother o' Mike! Pd forgotten 
Uncle Billy, too ! 

Enter Ole, hurriedly. 

Ole. Did they come here ? 

Bob and Dick. Who? 

Ole. Uncle Billy and the lady ? 

Dick. What! Uncle Billy and the /af/)/.' What 



10 WHAT ROSIE TOLD THE TAILOR 

Oh, excuse me. You must meet these ladies first. Miss 
Primrose, Miss Martin, — Mr. Perry, otherwise Ole. 

Polly. Charmed, Pm sure. 

Molly. DeUghted, I'm sure. 

Ole (bowing very low). Charmed and delighted, I'm 
sure. 

Dick. Now, old man, go on. Uncle Billy and what 
lady? 

Ole (sits. on arm of chair; others group around him). 
Well, I \vatched the old boy as you told me to till I saw 
you and the girls leave the station, then I started for him. 
But before I got there, I saw him rush up to a lady of un- 
certain age and grab both of her hands. I arrived just in 
time to hear her say ** Billy, oh Billy! " — just like that — 
and promptly fall upon his neck. 

Dick {collapses on to couch, weakly). Oh, Uncle 
Billy, Uncle Billy, who would have thunk it of you ! 

Ole, I couldn't hear what he said — his back was to- 
ward me, but his actions — his actions spoke quite loud 
enough. 

Polly. Really, Dick, I don't think you can have 
brought your uncle up at all nicely ! 

Molly. You ought to see our Aunt Sally! You'd 
never see her behaving in public like that. 

Bob. Proceed, Ole. Having neither a giddy uncle nor 
a perfectly proper aunt, I can make no personal applica- 
tion of your story. 

Ole. Well, when the first transports were over, I mod- 
estly approached and introduced myself. The old chap 
looked me over for a second ; then he said " 'Scuse me " 
to the lady, drew me aside and whispered, " Young man, 
how far is it to the court-house ? " 

Bob and Dick. The court-house ! 

Molly. Dick, you never told me your uncle was 
crazy. 

Dick. Didn't know it myself till now. 

Bob. Go on, Ole. 

Ole. I told him. Then he said, " Well, just drive us 
round there, then go to my nephew and tell him PU see 
him very soon." With that, he goes back to the lady. I 



WHAT ROSIE TOLD THE TAILOR II 

see 'him argue with her. She gives in, they pile into the 
car, I take 'em to the court-house, leave 'em there, and 
hike back here. Car balked a bit, or I'd been here sooner. 

Dick. Well ! 

Bob. Well? 

Molly. Well ! But all this doesn't find Auntie. 

Polly. No, indeed. Bob, we must go and look for 
her at once. Come along. 

Molly. We, too, Dick. 

{Knock at the door.) 

Dick. Come in ! 

Tailor {enters briskly). Good-morning, Mr. Man- 
ners. Good-morning, sir. Ah ! And good-morning, 
ladies! Glad to find you at home, Mr. Manners. I was 
told this morning that you were out of town. 

Dick {savagely). Pity you couldn't believe what you 
were told ! What do you want ? Can't you see I'm en- 
gaged? 

Tailor {bowing low to the girls). Charmingly en- 
gaged, sir, very charmingly engaged, if I may be allowed 
to say so. 

Dick. What do you want? Get it out of your sys- 
tem and get out. 

Tailor {approaching Dick, piits his hand on his arm, 
draws him a little to one side). What do I want? I 
want the money, sir, or the suit. {He taps Dick on the 
chest with his forefinger. ) I guess I can't afford to wait 
till your rich Uncle Mr. Bailey arrives on his wedding 
tower ; the money or the suit back, to-day if you please, 
sir. 

Dick {desperately). Oh, say. Snippers, have a heart! 
Here's my best girl come to see me pitch to-morrow, and 
my uncle is coming, and 

Tailor {relentlessly). The money or the suit to-day,) 
Them words is final. 

{Voices heard outside.) 
RosiE {throwing door wide open). This way, sir^ 



12 WHAT ROSIE TOLD THE TAILOR 

This way, ma'am. {Annoiiiiciiig yrandly.) Mr. and 
Mrs. William Bailey ! 

{The Tailor slips around to the door, eyeing Uncle 
Billy in amazement. He slips away unnoticed, ex- 
cept by RosiE, who makes a face at him as he goes, 
and says " Yah! What did I tell yer? ") 

Dick. Uncle Billy ! 
Girls. Aunt Sally ! 
Bob. What the 



Ole. Aunt Sally ! Well, for the love of Mike ! 

Uncle Billy {comes forward, beaming, with Aunt 
Sally), Dick, my boy, meet my wife, your Aunt Sally. 

Aunt Sally (beaming). Girls, meet my husband, 
your Uncle William. 

(Dick kisses Aunt Sally, girls kiss Uncle Billy.) 

Ole (to Aunt Sally). I guess I ought to come in on 
this, too. 

Aunt Sally (hugging and kissing Ole). You cer- 
tainly ought! If it hadn't been for you 

Bob. Oh, but. Aunt Sal — I beg your pardon, I mean 
Mrs. Bailey, it was my plan — not Ole's. 

Uncle Billy. Your plan? What do you mean? 

Dick (hastily). Oh, never mind that now! We've 
got to know about your little romance. Uncle Billy. Tell 
us quick, before we burst with curiosity. 

Uncle Billy. Well, then, hsten, all of you. (They 
group around him and Aunt Sally.) You see, it was 
this way. We were engaged twenty years ago, Sally and 
I — almost married in fact. Then we quarreled — the 
Lord knows what about — we've both forgotten, but she 
sent me about my business. And you know that took me 
to China for a number of years. And we never saw each 
other again till this afternoon. And when we met so un- 
expectedly in the station — why, we suddenly remembered 
that it was the anniversary of the day set for our wedding 
twenty years ago, and we decided to make up on the spot 
and be married at once, which we did with the aid of 
this nice young chap and his car. (Slaps Ole joyfidly on 



WHAT ROSIE TOLD THE TAILOR I3 

the back.) And, now, Dick, my boy, just win that game 
to-morrow and we'll have one grand celebration, your 
victory and my wedding. 

Bob. Why-, that's what Rosie told the tailor this morn- 
ing ! Say, Rosie, you are some prophet. 



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A Comedy in One Act for Female Characters 
By Mabel H. Crane 
Eight females. Scene, an interior ; costumes, modern. Plays twenty 
minutes. Nora Lee elopes from boarding school leaving a note inviting 
her friends to a midnight " wedding supper," the material for which she 
has left under her bed. In the midst of the feast Nora returns, the bor- 
rowed auto in which she has tied having broken down, making matrimony 
a failure. The " schedule " works out, however, after all, and her 
romance is accomplished. Well recommended. 
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A PLAY A MONTH 

By Alice W. Chaplin 
Twelve twenty niimile sketches for female characters, providing a 
timely and appropriate entertainment for each month in the year. Suit- 
able for church or school performance or for any other use of amateur 
theatricals. Price, 30 cents 

CONTENTS 

Pickles, Bonbons, and Temper Independent Flynn (5 girls). 

(4 girls). Home and Mother (6 girls). 

A Valentine Problem (3 girls). All for a Man (6 girls). 

Mad! Mad! (5 girls). Behind the Screen (5 girls). 

Because it Rained (4 girls). Thankful for Jack (6 girls). 

May (5 girls). Merry Christmas (4 gir's). 
That Boy (4 girls). 

TEN PLAYS FOR BOYS 

By George M. Bake}' and others 
A collection of popular plays, new and old, for boys of the school age, 
offering a wide variety of choice and providing a convenient means for 
making a selection of material for this purpose. 
Price, 30 cents 

CONTENTS 

Not Wanted— A "Wife (3 boys). New Broom Sweeps Clean (6 boys). 

The Freedom of the Press (8 boys). A Tender Attachment (7 boys). 

The Great Elixir (9 boys). Dizzy's Dilemmas (4 boys). 

The Humors of the Strike (8 boys). Hypnotism (5 boys). 

My Uncle the Captain (6 boys). Julius Caesar in izvo acts ( 10 boys). 

THE ELF THAT STAYED BEHIND 

And Other Plays for Children 
By Madeline Poole 
Five exceptionally pretty, picturesque and actable little plays for young 
folks, all produced at various times by the author. Including one of the 
Colonial period, one of the Revolutionary and a Christmas play turning 
upon incidents of the present war in Belgium, the latter admirably suited 
for Red Cross entertainments. Strongly recommended for both literary 
and dramatic merit. 

Price, 30 cents 

CONTENTS 

The Elf that Stayed Behind (i boy, 5 The Quaker Way (3 boys, 4 girls) 

girls). The Christmas Box (3 boys, 3 girls). 

The Goblins (6 boys, 2 girls). . A Puritan Prank {4 boys, 4 girls). 

A CAMP FIRE CINDERELLA 

A Camp Fire Play in One Act 
By Mrs. Arthur T. Seymour 
Six females. Scene, an interior; costumes, modern and Camp Fire. 
Plays twenty minutes. Gertrude, the younger sister, is refused member- 
ship in the Camp Fire organization by her two sisters who use her as their 
drudge, but her efhciency and unselfishness win out for her in the end. 

Well recommended. n - - .. 

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